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VBLOGIPEDE.

No. 466,824.P Patented Jan. 12, 1892.

In Man/70 r MMP/wym UNITED STATES ```PATENT OFFICE.

PETER GENDRON, OF TOLEDO,` OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENDRON IRON VHEEL COMPANY, OF SAME PLAOE.

V E L O O I P E D E SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0.466,824, dated January 12, 1892.

Application filed June 17, 1891. Serial Na. 396,541. (No model.)

To ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER GENDRON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Velocipedes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in velocipedes; and the invention relates to the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the 'various parts, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a velocipede embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the front standard. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of the connection between the backbone and standard. Fig. t is a cross-section thereof on line x x. Fig. 5 is a detached perspectivc view of the backbone. Fig. 6 is an enlarged elevation of the spring supporting-block on the backbone. Fig. 7 is a section through one of the pedals. Fig. 8 is a diagram elevation showing the manner of putting the parts together in constructing,` the standard.

A is the front wheel, and B are the back Wheels, the latter being journaled upon the axle C, which passes through suitable bearings C', formed in the lower end of the bifurcated portion D of the backbone D'. The backbone is provided at its upper end with the pin E, formed integralwith the backbone and having an offset or lug a, formed upon the inner face of the lower end.

G is the front standard, upon which is shrunk or cold-pressed a collar G', having the apertured bearing G eXtending rearwardly from the standard. The apertures in this bearing are provided with the notch H, with which 'the lug a is adapted to engage in securing the parts together, this notch being so arranged that the lug will enter it only when the front and rear Wheels are brought at substantially right angles With each other, and in any other position this lug abears against the imperforate portion of the lower bearing G' and looks the backbone and standard together. Upon each side of a collar G', I form the cars b, having a lateral aperture, in which is secured the fender c, fcrmed of wire,

and extending over the front wheel, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

The standard consists of the main portion i c' the bifurcated portion (Z, and the handle portion e. The bifurcated portion is provided with any suitable bearing for the driveaxle I; To construct this standard I preferably proceed as follows: The portion c' consists of a single round rod cut to the proper length. The bifurcated portion d is formed by taking a piece of semi-oval or other properly-shaped metal and bendingit into inverted-V shape, as plainly shown iu Fig. S, while a round rod to form the handle portion e is bent into corresponding V- shaped section. The apices of these V-shaped sections are then brought to abut against the upper and lower end, respectively, of the main. portion c' and welded thereto in any suitable manner, preferably by electricty. The bifurcated portion and the handle may then be shaped to any desired configuration. Ihave found that this construction gives me the greatest possible strength with the least expense of manufacture.

J is thetseat, having any suitable framework to support the ordinary leather, and carryiug at its front end a staple or eye J adapted to engage with the forwardly-extending hook K, secured upon the block K' which is attached to the upper end of the backbone. A block L, attached midway of the backbone, having the notch L' formed on its upper edge and the cross-bar M extending through its lower edge. The spring supporting the rear end of the seat consists of a looped portion f, adapted to engage in the notch L' and beneath the cross-bar M, the coil g, formed between the block and the seat, and the hook h, engaging into a suitable lug 'i on the under side of the seat for siecuring the upper end of the spring thereto. The cross-barM prevents the spring from becoming disengaged. from the block in ordinary use, but by first disengaging the hook 7,' it is evident that it may be readily removed. By turning the backbone to the proper angle of the standard the backbone and standard can be separated, and thus the entire Velocipede put in knockdown condition for shipment.

O is a crank sccured to the drive-axle I IOO n pon which the pedal O' is pivoted. This pedal isseenred in position by forming the eonntersink P at the end, and after the pedal is slipped on reaming or tnrning over the edge Q thereof, forming a looking-flange at the enter end, as plainly shown in Fig. 7.

What I claiin as my invention is- 1. In a Velocipede, a front standard consistin g of the portions c', CZ, and e, welded together and shaped substantially as deseribed.

2. In a Veloeipede, the combination, with the standard, of two blocks secured to the standard one above the other and forined With apertures in their outer end and radial grooves extending froni the apertnres toward the front, a backbone having a hooked end extending above and through the apertures in the blooks, and a looking-111g on the side of the lower end of said hook, substantially as desoribed.

8. In a velooipede, the combination, With a backbone of a seat, a pivotal connection between the forward end of the seat and the baekbone, a U-spring snppor'ting the real' of the seat and formed with a central coil and a looped lower end, abloek seoured to the backbone, formed With a transverse groove in which the spring is seated, and pins on the block extending above and across the spring, substantially as deseribed.

4. In a velocipede, the combination of' the backbone, the block K', hook K, eye J seat J, block L, noteh L', cross-bar M, 'the spring having a loop engaging in said notoh and beneath the cross-bar, the coil g, and hook h, suhstantially as deseribed.

In testiinony Whereof I a'ffix my signature in presenoe of two witnesses.

PETER GENDRON.

Witnesses:

J AMEs WHITTEMORE, M. B. ODOGHERTY. 

